Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Key points
- Using a Controller is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
- If using keyboard and mouse controls, apply the DSMfix to improve mouse control issues.
- Use DSfix to increase rendering resolution.
- A poor port of the console versions of the game with few PC options.[1]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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- A Games For Windows Live (GFWL) account is required to play the game.
Essential improvements
Using
DSfix with in-game anti-aliasing enabled causes the game to only use part of the screen.
- Unmodded and DSfix modded game.
- HD textures and fonts are available to download
DSfix
- A GUI for DSfix is available for inexperienced users
- DSfix increases the rendering resolution for better visual quality; without it the game outputs anamorphic 1024x720.
9/17/2013 Patch makes game unplayable for those uses mods
- DSfix has been updated to version 2.1 which corrects version 2.01 issue with this patch. (unlockfps now works!).
Skip intro videos
DS Connectivity fix by M0tah
Main Thread
Download
Game data
Save game location
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Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing
Video settings
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3D support
- The game suffers from poor 3D support.
Input settings
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Keyboard
- Unintuitive default keyboard scheme, for example, 'End' brings up menu (and 'Escape' does nothing).
Mouse
- Mouse controls feel very jittery, with very unintuitive results when the camera collides with a wall or the floor.
- Mouse 4 and 5 cannot be remapped.[2]
- 'Hot swap' between keyboard and mouse controls and controller is available.[3]
- Use of controller is highly recommended.[4]
- Works well with the DualShock3 using XInput Wrapper. PS buttons textures can be found here
Controller not working
Controller with wrong mapping
- Non-Xbox 360 controllers most likely have incorrect button mapping.
Audio settings
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Network settings
- Signing into Games For Windows Live is mandatory for the first time, and a connection needs to be maintained for multiplayer.
Issues fixed
General low performance
Low performance ATI/AMD
- Appears that ATI/AMD graphics cards are underutilised.
Low performance Nvidia Optimus
Crash VSFilter.dll
- Crash occurs after start screen.[5]
Progress bar stuck during installation
- Problem may be caused by setup utility getting stuck whilst installing DirectX and Games For Windows Live.
Minimize with multiple monitors
- When playing with two screens, the game seems to minimize.
Windows 8
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
Windows XP/Vista/7 or newer |
Processor (CPU) |
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System memory (RAM) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 4870 - GeForce 9800 GTX+ |
References